Grothendieck's pp-curvature conjecture for linear differential equations

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Let L∈Q[x][∂]L\in\mathbb{Q}[x][\partial] be a differential operator, and for almost all primes pp let Lp∈Fp[x][∂]L_p\in\mathbb{F}_p[x][\partial] denote its reduction modulo pp. A basis of solutions of Lpy=0L_py=0 is Fp[[xp]]\mathbb{F}_p[[x^p]]-linearly independent when its elements are linearly independent over Fp[[xp]]\mathbb{F}_p[[x^p]].

Grothendieck's pp-curvature conjecture. If Lpy=0L_py=0 has a basis of Fp[[xp]]\mathbb{F}_p[[x^p]]-linearly independent solutions in Fp[[x]]\mathbb{F}_p[[x]] for almost all prime numbers pp, then there exists a basis of Q\mathbb{Q}-linearly independent algebraic solutions of Ly=0Ly=0 in Q[[x]]\mathbb{Q}[[x]].

The conjecture characterizes, through reductions modulo almost all primes, differential equations with algebraic power-series solutions. It is known for order-one equations and for Picard–Fuchs equations, with further partial results, but the general case, including order two, remains open.

References

Primary source

Florian Fürnsinn and Herwig Hauser, “Fuchs' theorem on linear differential equations in arbitrary characteristic”, arXiv:2307.01712 (2023).

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